SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 2009

DARK HORSE COMICS FIRST LOOKS

FIRST LOOK: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: SEASON 8 #27

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 #27 will arrive in stores on August 5 from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is written by Jane Espenson, with art by Georges Jeanty and Andy Owens and covers by Jo Chen and Jeanty.

Here's how Dark Horse describes the issue:

"Slayers are out. Vampires are in. Mysterious big bad Twilight has just become a bigger bad -- he can zero in on Team Buffy and her army of Slayers by tracking their use of magic. But Buffy and her allies have taken their submarine -- yes, Buffy picked up one of those . . . they're a necessary piece of equip -- straight to the only person she knows with an inside track on suppressing magic: the werewolf Oz.

"In the yak-filled mountains of Tibet, Oz has found his peace and formed a new life. The butter tea flows freely at the reunion, where -- among other fun reunion-y things -- Buffy learns that sup "

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 #27 will be 40 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: STAR WARS: DARK TIMES -- BLUE HARVEST #0

Star Wars: Dark Times -- Blue Harvest #0 will arrive in stores on August 5 from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is written by Mick Harrison, with art and cover by Douglas Wheatley.

Here's how Dark Horse describes the issue:

"Former Jedi Dass Jennir accepts a job that puts him on a collision course with not one, but two deadly outlaw gangs! For the first time in print, here are the introductory chapters to "Blue Harvest" from MySpace Dark Horse Presents. The 16 pages of story are presented two ways: first in color as they appeared online, and again in their raw, penciled beauty. Wheatley's art is rich with detail, and Dark Horse has received many requests to reproduce the art in its original form."

Star Wars: Dark Times -- Blue Harvest #0 will be 40 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: STAR WARS: INVASION #2

Star Wars: Invasion #2 will arrive in stores on August 5 from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is written by Tom Taylor, with art by Colin Wilson and a cover by Jo Chen.

Here's how Dark Horse describes the issue:

"Jedi Master Luke Skywalker and the soldiers of the New Republic were able to pull off a last-second evacuation of some of the civilian refugees from Artorias, but for Finn Galfridian it was too little, too late. Finn's mother and sister have been taken prisoner by the Vong, and his father was left behind with a delaying force to allow the refugees to escape.

"Now Finn finds himself at the new Jedi temple on Yavin 4, where he is to undergo training -- but what he really wants is to get back into the fight!"

Star Wars: Invasion #2 will be 40 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: WITCHFINDER: IN THE SERVICE OF ANGELS #2

Witchfinder: In the Service of Angels #2 will arrive in stores on August 5 from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is written by Mike Mignola, with art by Ben Stenbeck and a cover by Mignola.

Here's how Dark Horse describes the issue:

"After his confrontation with a spectral assassin, Sir Edward hopes to find answers from a mysterious medium in London's underworld, but discovers only a labyrinthine tangle of conspiracy as the body count continues to rise."

Witchfinder: In the Service of Angels #2 will be 40 pages and will cost $2.99.